Improvement in shoe and leather polishers



1. DAY.

Shoe and Leather Polishers.

N0.134,525. Patentedlan.7,1873.

I lam cuter.

JOHN DAY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE AND LEATHER POLISHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. h34l,525, dated January7, 1873 application filed June 30, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DAY, of the city of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Devices forBlacking Shoes or for Lubricating Leather, of which the following is aspecification This invention relates to a device for containing anddistributing lubricating material or substances for cleaning, coloring,polishing, or staining leather. It consists, first, of a device forapplying blacking, &c., to leather, which is composed of a plungersecured to a handle, said plunger Working in a receptacle containing theblacking or other polish or lubricant, which is provided with adetachable perforated bottom, through which the plunger presses thesubstance. Sockets are provided on the upper part of the plunger, inwhich brushes are secured for cleaning the leather and more thoroughlydistributing the blacking, &c., over the leather.

This device, of course, can be used for purposes other than justmentioned.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, the figure is acentral vertical section through a device for applying blackin g, &c.,to leather, &c. The figure at Z is a side elevation of the detachableperforated bottom.

In the figure, the letter A designates a handle secured ina socket onthe plunger. Plates B, U, and O are joined together at 1 and 2 to form aplunger. 3 and 4 are sockets, attached to the plunger, in which brushesare fastened. D is a lubricant receptacle, so at tached to the plungerby flanges, ears, or bentover edges 9, that said plunger may freely movetherein. When the device is not in use, a lid or cover, 5 5, is placedover the receptacle D, as shown. E is the detachable perforated bottom,shown in the figure at Z, which is to be applied to the receptacle Dwhen the de vice is to be used.

The operation of my invention is as follows: If blacking, polish, orlubricant is to be applied-say to leather, made up into shoes, harness,&c., or in the piece-the lid 5 is removed, and the substance oi materialis placed in the receptacle D, and the bottom E is then placed over thepart D instead of lid 5.. The device is then placed on the leather, andthe plunger pressed down upon the contents of receptacle D, when aportion will be forced through the perforations in bottom E onto theleather. The substance thus deposited is then distributed, and, ifdesired, rubbed into the leather by means of one of the brushes insockets 3 4.

if the material or substance is thin or liquid,

a piece of cloth, 850., may be secured over the perforations in bottomE, so that it shall not waste nor be discharged by the descent of theplunger in too great quantities.

This device may also be used for applying cleaning, coloring, staining,polishing. or lubricating substances to articles of metal, glass, stone,850., and is a very handy, efficient, and economical means for so doing.

What I claim is- 1. .The lubricator herein described, consistin g of thecombination of a receptacle for lubricant, 860., perforated bottom, andplunger, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the handle A, plunger B O, constructed asdescribed, receptacle D, perforated bottom E, and sockets 3 4, andbrushes, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JOHN DAY.

Witnesses:

STEPHE E. CORNELL, J. M. OONNER.

